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Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Kimchi Culture Could Cure Bird Flu
Among the many miraculous properties attributed to the Korean staple side dish kimchi may be the ability to cure bird flu, Seoul National University scientists say. A research team lead by Prof. Kang Sa-ouk said Tuesday they created a food mixture containing a lactic ferment from kimchi that is effective against the avian flu and sent it to Indonesia, where the virus is rampant.
Chosun Ilbo (October 11, 2005)
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200510/200510110009.html

ed4444 · Joined: 12 Oct 2004

Do you think it Kimchi might be able to cure the rot in the Korean education system?

Or Corruption in the Korean government?

Or the Incompetence of the media?

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

"many miraculous properties attributed to the Korean staple side dish kimchi"
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200510/200510110009.html

chiaa · Joined: 23 Aug 2003

Wasn't the same thing reported in the media about SARS?

kermo · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:21 am Post subject:

Now let's count the number of times we have made this joke before it was actually published as fact.... Shocked

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

I did ask if miracle kimchi was going to save us all from the bird flu!!!!

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

You'd almost think that they might devise some kind of kimchi solution to combat fan death.

ChimpumCallao · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: your mom

i want ya'll to think...really think....if any other country, especially one of ours, boasted such bullsh*t it what would be the reply from foreigners??

the fact that such idiocies are posted on national newspapers as fact or even speculation are maddening...we do not know the depths of their nationalism. i don't think this even scratches the surface.

thank god they're really bad at fighting wars, unlike some OTHER uber pure blooded nationalists...apparently kimchi doesn't cure being a 5,000 year old loser with an inferiority/superiority chip GASHED onto your shoulder. whoever wrote that article is an f-ing dork.

Thanks for the heads up once again RR. I don't know if I love you or hate you...you make it easy for me to slam this joint...but some of your articles just boil me!

SuperFly · Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Location: In the doghouse

I broke my leg last year and my Kwife put kimchi on it everyday. Don't know if it sped up the recovery, but it sure as hell smelled bad.

animalbirdfish · Joined: 04 Feb 2004

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Long Life of Spice
Kimchi Museum preserves tradition
Some have also argued that the side-dish has anti-aging effects.
By Yoo Soh-jung
http://kn.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2000/12/16/200012160018.asp

Research Shows Kimchi Slows Aging Process
According to Professor Song, the discovery that kimchi slows the aging process and fights heart disease has not only been shown in his lab tests with rats but had similar results when Americans were studied as the test case.
by Jason Park, Korea Times
http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?term=kimchi+slows+aging++&path=hankooki1/14_3/200003/t20000302180346435111.htm&media=kt

Research Shows Kimchi Slows Aging Process (Korean - English)
http://search.hankooki.com/times/times_view.php?term=kimchi+slows+aging++&path=hankooki1/14_10/200003/t200003081319364A5163.htm&media=kt

ChimpumCallao · Joined: 17 May 2005 Location: your mom

:::sigh:::

Octavius Hite · Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject:

A friend went to the dentist today and was told by the hygenist that she must eat kimchi because her teeth are so straight.

Her reply, "First HIV now straight teeth is there anything this stuff can't do!"

ed4444 · Joined: 12 Oct 2004

I think someone should put together a full list of all the things kimchi is supposed to cure and make a website of it so we can see how silly it all is.

Swiss James · Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Location: Shanghai